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Saturday, February 5, 2011

HISTORY (HONS./PG) [ CODE -16]]-------------------------------------------------I. Feature of the Indus Valley Civilization –decline of the Indus Civilization – the VedicCivilization – Sodas’a Mahajanapadas – Buddhism and Jainism - The rise and fall ofthe Maura Empire: Asoka’s Dhamma – Imperial Guptas – Palas and Senas of Bengal.II. The establishment of the Delhi Sultanate – The Slave dynasty – the Khilji andTughluq Rulers – The Khilji Revolution - The administrative structure under theSultanate including provincial government – The problem of theocracy - theVijayanagar Empire.III. Disintegration of the Sultanate – Babar – the importance of his invasion of India –Mughal – Afghan contest and Sher Shah Suri – Consolidation of the Mughal empireunder Akbar – Territorial expansion under Akbar – Manasabdari System – Religiouspolicy.IV. An overview of the reigns of Jahangir and Shahjahan – Aurangzeb’s expansionistpolicies – conflict with the Marathas – Shivaji – The character of the MarathaSwarajya – Aurangzeb and the disintegration of the Mughal empire – The growth ofregional powers, Bengal, Awadh, Hyderabad and the crisis of the empire in the earlyeighteenth century.V. Causes of the conflict between Siraj-ud-daula and the East India Company – MirKasim, private trade and the English East India Compay – Brief Overview of Britishexpansion - the Colonial Economy : Land revenue settlements – Drain of Wealth –Deindustrialization – Limited development of modern industries.VI. Early resistance to British rule – Paik, Chur & Poligar rebellions – Wahabi and Farazimovements – Santal Rebellion – The revolt of 1857; context and nature, WesternEducation and Social reform – Rammohan Ray, Young Bengal & Vidyasagar - BrahmoSamaj and prarthana Samaj – Aligarh Movement: Early stages of Indian nationalism– pre-Congress associations – foundation of the Congress – the nature of the earlyCongress.VII The rise of Extremism in Indian Policies – Anti-parition and Swadeshi movement –separate electorate and the British divide and rule policy: Gandhi and Indiannationalism – Non-Co-operation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India Movement: MuslimLeague and the demand for Pakistan – Partition and Independenc.VIII. The French Revolution of 1789 – Social context of the Revolution of Popular movement– the Reign of Terror: Robespierre – the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte – Napoleon’sinternal reconstruction – Napolean and Europe: Expansion and collapse of theNapoleonic empire.IX. The Vienna Congress (1815) – The Metternich System – The Revolutions of 1830 –1848 – the new political ideologies : Nationalism, Liberalism and Socialism – theunification of Germany and Italy – Industrialization in England and Europe.X. European imperialism : Economic forces behind European Imperialism of the late 19thCentury – colonialism and the Scramble for Africa –Germany’s Welt Politik – TripleAlliance and Triple Entente – the origins of the First World War Peace settlement of1919 – The Russian Revolution – Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism in Germany– Fascism in Italy – Origins of the Second World War.